The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-11-12

since 1861. When he d NJ. CA
legacy TO the black ana ,,sa
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NSu'N w inc DlucK ana utei -
churches in Darien. Miss Al .u-
banks, by the will of 4ier white mthcr,
came INTO the possession OF Sl0O OO0 Hen
home is in Rome, Ga.
Inc negroes are not as thrifty in Florida
rs elsewhere: They own fair amount OF
! llfm land, The total value of the proper
! ~ owned by them is about 81, 600, 900 I'm
! cN-congressman, named j. f. Wall, who
has large truck farm al AIredcnda. is
sad To he worth $50, 900, and has an an
nual income of from 81. 900 10 $40 900 from
his business. William tloplen. proprietor
OF livery stable is worth $40. 600. Sam
uel Petty the negro mayor OF Fernandina.
Is rcputcd Ia be worth $50. 600. Mrs. Mary
A. Wilson is the owner OF considerable
property.
Sixty of the wealthicst negroes in Ala
bama show an aggregate wealth oi sos
600.
In Mississippi, the home Of Senator
Bruce and Congressman Lynch, the city
property Of members Of the race ioots up
SIS2,321. Congressman Lynch is said to
hc worth so, 600 Wealth has been more
rapidly acquired by the negroes at Lou
lSlana than those OF any State in the Union.
MI kinds OF business, without regard 10
race, color or previous condition OF scryi-
tndc, are open in Louisiana. with this nd
vantage, the once down-truddcn race has
acquired financial status aygrogting So,
OVOWh. They pay taxes on property Ia
the amount OF SO, 900, 600 In the state and
$4,000 600 in the city OF New Orleans. 4
negro Of French extraction named Francois
lacrulX, previous to his death. tCnNea'N ago.
was worth 81 ,lOO,O 600. lie is the only person
OF African blood who was ever worth
SlOn,Oo0. lie lived fast life and died
compaativclypoor Gadmo Cascnaye was
also u very rich man, and, previous 10 his
death, was the owner OF the largest under
takers establishment in the state. lie was
member oi the famous returning board of
1876. II is said that his political action
cost him his business, and he, like laCruiN,
died poor. Tho Mercer brothers, OF New
Orleans, are dealers in clothing Their
stock is valued az 500, 100. 4 little over a
year ago they paid SlO0,UOo for Christ
chur,h, corner Burgundy and Canal streets,
which they converted into new clothing
store. The Hernandez BINS are money
brokers. They carry a surplus OF so. coo
each. EN-l.icutennlt Governor I. h. :.
PinchhaCk is said "a h. one Of the
wealthicF Negro merchants in louisiana
lie Is worth nearly S,0OIWJ. He rcCently
paid $1,000 for a famous race horSc
Ia Texas the properly Owned by ncgrss
j. placed at S,iUJ0.UD The Rev. for-st
Hooks is the owner OF l. 40 acp~.oi land,
thirty head III horses and mules, and forty
head Of cattle. In Kansas there arr ~cy-
crl very wealthy persons Of AfriCsn lin
cage The highest aggregated wealth 1T
one person i Ssj,Oo The property
throughout the State j. valued a, soOuue'
GO
The taxes paid on property by ncgrrcs
In Missouri amount e. Sn.NnuN The
handsomcst barber shop in the world Is
located in -. Louis. II j. called the lin
dell, and j. owned and cunduccd by an
Airicu- American lady named Mn Thomas.
who j. worth so. uO1.
The rlrr in tennessee has been very sue
ccs,ful In aoumulating wealth. Lewis
Winters, a Whnlr,alc produce and shipping
merchant Ut Nashville, owns a large public
hall and other real estate worth SO. 90
Marock 4 lsmcry, a Negro firm of boot
and shoe manufacturers in the same city.
employ white aud black help They aU
worth slO0.pO each. X. X. Church. q
real estate dealer at Memphis, is worth
$4,000.
The official records Of Kentucky show |
that the negro population there own 2OO,- |
as acrp-. :. SO2 town lots aud ~, $50 head /
oi live stock. The whole is valued nj 81 |
Gsi,Gi2 \ firm oi negro brickmakcrs |
NAMED Nancy, Page x Go. does an annual
business Of Sin.eA. IN Ohio the negro
makes an excellent showing IN the field 1T
industry Cleveland has The most n
markablc ncgrp of the age. Daniel seals
il what hc call. travelling attorney. lie
has made thiriN-lour trips acrp~- the CONT |
ncnt 10y rail and four 10y sra Ia settle |
estates aud prosecute legal claims growing
out NJ real estate His wealth IL rrputcd
10 b. s2jO.OOO. The Rev. james Ramsey,
Of Hancock county, II worth SljO,uO. and
isthc largest individual holder IN the
Rank NJ liudlay. There ar number ~
individuals with property Ia Ohio amount
Ing iU ,7i. 600.
Colorado and California arr the las, men
TONED here, hat arr los nomcnus the least
ln Denver there an twelve persons Of Al
rican descent representing s2OO.ODO. T.. J.
Smdcrin and Henry Green. BARRIERS, are
worth 5000 each. In California. u. l..
Logan, james Logan and William Robin
son, oi krd Bluil, ate worth jointly 500.
UOD In ~an Francisco, Mr- Mary Pleas.
ants II worth sliOOuO. She holds $3.50.
90 worth ol government bonds owns a
ranch near San Malcu. aud enjoys good
income from eight huu-'S
II has hcrn shown above that in Louis.
lana, Whru' thvW l. mo- restriction uu a,-
count 1T color sp inr us labur Is concerned.
the Airicp. Americans have produced the
the lull quota 81 wealth that l. expected 1T
ans unimmmclcd, sagacious, thrifty aud
industrious race ui people.